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In the United States Senate election of 1870, the Republican Party lost six seats in the United States Senate, though it still retained an overwhelming majority. As this election was prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen or elected by State legislatures. == Reconstruction == That election marked the first time that, with Mississippian Hiram Rhodes Revels, an African American was elected as a US senator and became a member of Congress.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Facts & Milestones )〕 In Georgia, Foster Blodgett was elected and presented his credentials as Senator-elect, but the Senate declared him not elected. In Virginia, Republican John F. Lewis and Democrat John W. Johnston were elected on January 26, 1870 to fill seats that had been vacant since 1864 and 1865. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United States Senate elections, 1870」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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